Index
Note: Page numbers followed by f indicate figures, t indicate tables and b indicate boxes.
A
Aligning stiffness, definition,
5–6
Aligning torque, definition,
Axle cornering stiffness,
9–12
B
Badalamenti and Doyle,
478
Besselink, xiv–xv,
177,
214,
231f,
241,
250,
256–257,
287–288,
298,
306–311,
313–315,
349–350,
620
C
Calspan flat track test stand,
204,
569
Camber angle, ,
70,
74–75,
77,
79,
109–110,
121,
155,
160,
171,
175–176,
192,
201,
332,
344–346,
427,
445,
513,
515–516,
519,
544–545,
552,
559–560,
567
Camber stiffness,
77,
156
Characteristics, cf. tire characteristics
Characteristic speed,
25–26
Combined slip with
Fx as input,
163–165
Cornering force, cf. side force
Cornering on uneven road,
58,
214
Cornering stiffness, definition,
5–6
D
Damping:
Deflections (tire),
63,
84
Differential equations:
single contact point,
312,
355
E
Effective rolling radius,
63,
69,
77,
156,
201,
344,
348,
367–370,
459,
461–462,
487–493,
498–499,
618
Effective rolling radius, def.,
3–4,
63
Eigenvalues:
Eldik Thieme, van, xiv,
568,
572
Equations of motion:
F
Finite Element Model,
478
Frequency response:
align. torque (SWIFT),
236
- and approximations,
243f
lateral force (SWIFT),
237
longitudinal force (single point),
372–373
string with approx. dynamics,
272
G
Growth (centrifugal),
440,
618
H
Handling experiments,
598
Hurwitz stability criterium,
55,
290
I
Inclination angle, cf. camber angle
Instability:
J
K
Karlsruhe University of Technology,
569–572
L
Lateral acceleration response,
34
Lateral c.g. offset (motorcycle),
550
Lateral force, cf. side force
Lateral slip stiffness, cf. cornering
stiffness
Lateral stiffness
Longitudinal force, definition,
3–4
Longitudinal slip stiffness, definition,
5–6
M
Magic Formula, ,
82,
150–154,
165–206,
330,
335,
387,
404–406,
415,
424,
426–435,
441,
449–450,
452,
517–519,
565,
587–588
Magic Formula, cosine version,
170f,
171
Magic Formula motorcyc.,
176,
565
Magic Formula with turn slip,
183–188
Maurice,
214–215,
271,
404,
407,
413,
426,
432,
435,
455,
466,
469–472,
474,
574–576
Milliken Research Associates,
51
Motorcycle tire force/ and moment,
202–206
MTS Flat Trac Roadway Simulator,
53,
53f
N
Natural frequencies:
Non-dimensionalisation,
552
Non-holonomic constraint,
523
Nyquist plot:
- with gyroscopic couple,
270
string with approx. dynamics,
274
SWIFT (with zero belt mass),
431
O
P
Plöchl, xvi
Pneumatic trail, ,
27–28,
35,
43–44,
95,
103–105,
103f,
136–137,
136f,
165,
169–170,
227,
261,
263,
517
Pneumatic trail, definition,
5–6
Point of intersection,
62–63
Pure slip,
R
Regression technique,
168
Relaxation length:
- with carcass compl.,
398f
contact patch model,
416f
S
Self aligning torque, cf. aligning torque
Side force, definition,
Side slip, definition,
Sign convention, ,
63,
609
Similarity modelling method,
161–162
Single point approximations
Single track vehicle,
611
Slip angle, definition, , ,
67
Slip ratio, cf. longitudinal slip
Speed of rolling, angular,
65,
69–70
Stability:
Steady-state response:
Step response (tire):
Suspension compliance,
300,
383
System of axes, cf. axes system
T
Tire characteristics (steady-state):
brush model, camber,
120f
Magic Formula motor cycle,
207f
Magic Formula with turn slip,
183–184
string with tread elements,
258–268
Toe angle,
Torsional stiffness:
Transfer function:
string with tread elements,
258
Transient slip values,
392,
396
Transient tire behaviour,
385
U
Understeer at braking,
49–50
V
Vehicle handling experiments,
611
Vehicle slip angle response,
31–32
Vehicle stability, cf. stability
W
Y
Yaw velocity response,
22–23
Z
Zegelaar,
214–215,
404,
453,
455,
460–461,
463,
466,
469,
476,
478–481,
483,
491,
497,
503–504,
586–587